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This is a very easy recipe and is a whole meal by itself. This will be my entry for the JFI - Bell Peppers event hosted by Creative Pooja . Ingredients: Rice (cooked) - 2 cups Roasted cashews - 2 tbsp Curry leaves - 10 Capsicum (chopped) - 1 cup Groundnut (powdered) - 2 tbsp (optional) Turmeric powder - 1 tsp Oil or Ghee - 2 tbsp Salt - as needed To Powder: Red Chillies - 5 Cinnamon - 1/2 inch Dhania - 2 tsp Jeera - 1/2 tsp Split urad dal - 1/2 tsp Channa dal - 1/2 tsp Shredded coconut - 1/2 cup Seasoning Ingredients: Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Split urad dal - 1/2 tsp Channa dal - 1/2 tsp Red Chillies - 2 Method: Dry roast the to powder ingredients. Be careful and do not let the coconut turn black. Let it cool and powder it. Heat oil and add the seasoning ingredients. Once the mustard starts to splutter add the curry leaves and capsicum and fry till the capsicum changes color. Add groundnut powder, turmeric, salt and the ground mixture and fry for a few minutes. Add cooked rice and mix

This is a very easy recipe and can be prepared within minutes. Any kind of vatral (dried vegetable) can be used. Ingredients: Sundakkai Vatral - 2 tbsp Sambar Powder - 2 tsp Thin tamarind extract - 1/2 cup Oil - 1 tbsp Salt - as needed Rice flour - 1tsp Seasoning Ingredients: Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Dry red chillies - 2 Toor dal - 1 tsp Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp Method: Heat oil and add the seasoning ingredients. Fry till the mustard starts to splutter and then add the vatral and fry in low heat for about 10min. Add sambar powder and fry for 5min and then add the tamarind extract. Let it come to a boil. Mix rice flour with 1 tbsp water and add it to the boiling mixture. Allow to cook till it becomes thick. Remove from heat and serve with rice and papad.

Kootu is a very easy and healthy dish. A lot of vegetables can be prepared this way and it goes well with both chapathi and rice. I usually make kootu with chayote squash , cabbage, snake gourd, yellow squash and spinach. Ingredients: Cabbage (chopped) - 2 cups Tomato (chopped) - 1/2 Moong dal - 2 tbsp Green chilly - 2 Coconut (shredded) - 2 tbsp Cumin seeds (jeera) - 1 tsp Salt - as needed Seasoning: Mustard seeds - 1 tsp Split urad dal - 1 tsp Asafoetida - a pinch Oil - 1 tsp Method: Pressure cook the cabbage, tomato, moong dal and one slit green chilly with 1 cup of water for one whistle. Grind the coconut, one green chilly and jeera with 2 tbsp water. After the pressure has subsided, open the pressure cooker, add salt and heat the pressure cooked cabbage till all water evaporates. Add the ground mixture and cook till the raw smell disappears (about 5min). Heat 1 tsp oil in a small pan and add the seasoning ingredients. Remove from heat when the mustard starts to splutter and then a

Ive been busy at work lately and add to that severe neck pain. Hence I've been MIA (Missin In Action). I promise not to disappear again and to post more often. I also have a ton of bloghoppin to do and get updated with whats happening in the blog world. I hope I dint miss anything big and also hope that all is fine with everyone. So here are some pictures from my tamil new year's celebration. Clockwise from top: Vatral Kuzhambu , Raddish Sambar, Tomato Rasam , Cabbage Kootu , Beetroot Poriyal , Potato fry , Curd - Vermicelli Payasam and Masala Vada in the center All the same goodies served with hot rice and appalam I promise to post the recipes soon.

We all have read a lot about chocolate lately in the food blogging world. So without further delay I am presenting the array of chocolicious goodies for JFI-Chocolate . You can read more about JFI here . Chocolate Drive by Indira of Mahanandi Chocolate Coconut Burfi by Indira of Mahanandi Sweet Chocolatey Morsels by TC of The Cooker Chocolate kesari by Selvi of Samaithupaarkalam Hot Chocolate by Nupur of Onehotstove Fruit and Nut Chocolate by Valli of Valliskitchen Chocolate Truffles by Arundati of Escapades Chocolate Pinwheels by Arundati of Escapades Mocha Chocolate Pots by Bee & Jai of Jugalbandi Individual Chocolate Cakes by Suganya of TastyPalettes Chocolate Sformato with Amaretto Whip by Siri of Siri's Corner Marbled Cream Cheese Brownie Sheer by Mansi of Fun and Food Home Made Chocolates by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen Dry Fruit Truffles by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen Brownie Cookies by Asha of AromaHope White Chocolate - Cranberry Fudge by